Preliminary results of the ground-based orographic snow enhancement experiment for the easterly cold fog (cloud) at Daegwallyeong during the 2006 winter

Myoung Joo Lee, Ki Ho Chang, Gyun Myoung Park, Jin Yim Jeong, Ha Young Yang, Ki Deok Jeong, Joo Wan Cha, Sung Soo Yum, Jae Cheol Nam, Kyungsik Kim, Byung Chul Choi

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Abstract

The snow enhancement experiments, carried out by injecting AgI and water vapor into orographically enhanced clouds (fog), have been conducted to confirm Li and Pitter's forced condensation process in a natural situation. Nine ground-based experiments have been conducted at Daegwallyeong in the Taebaek Mountains for the easterly foggy days from January-February 2006. We then obtained the optimized conditions for the Daegwallyeong region as follows: the small seeding rate (1.04 g min-1) of AgI for the easterly cold fog with the high humidity of Gangneung. Additional experiments are needed to statistically estimate the snowfall increment caused by the small AgI seeding into the orographical fog (cloud) over the Taebaek Mountains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)222-228
Number of pages7
JournalAdvances in Atmospheric Sciences
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Mar

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MOST) R01-2006-000-10470-0 and R01-2006-000-11233-0 from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation, and by “Maintenance and Research of Cloud Physical Observation System” and “Research for the Meteorological Observation Technology and its Application” of METRI, KMA project.

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  • Atmospheric Science

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